Azure Function Apps · Schema

BackupSchedule

Description of a backup schedule. Describes how often should be the backup performed and what should be the retention policy.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
frequencyInterval	integer	How often the backup should be executed (e.g. for weekly backup, this should be set to 7 and FrequencyUnit should be set to Day)
frequencyUnit	string	The unit of time for how often the backup should be executed (e.g. for weekly backup, this should be set to Day and FrequencyInterval should be set to 7)
keepAtLeastOneBackup	boolean	True if the retention policy should always keep at least one backup in the storage account, regardless how old it is; false otherwise.
lastExecutionTime	string	Last time when this schedule was triggered.
retentionPeriodInDays	integer	After how many days backups should be deleted.
startTime	string	When the schedule should start working.

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JSON Schema

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  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-function-apps/refs/heads/main/json-schema/azure-function-apps-backup-schedule-schema.json",
  "title": "BackupSchedule",
  "description": "Description of a backup schedule. Describes how often should be the backup performed and what should be the retention policy.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "frequencyInterval": {
      "default": 7,
      "description": "How often the backup should be executed (e.g. for weekly backup, this should be set to 7 and FrequencyUnit should be set to Day)",
      "format": "int32",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "frequencyUnit": {
      "default": "Day",
      "description": "The unit of time for how often the backup should be executed (e.g. for weekly backup, this should be set to Day and FrequencyInterval should be set to 7)",
      "enum": [
        "Day",
        "Hour"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "x-ms-enum": {
        "modelAsString": false,
        "name": "FrequencyUnit"
      }
    },
    "keepAtLeastOneBackup": {
      "default": true,
      "description": "True if the retention policy should always keep at least one backup in the storage account, regardless how old it is; false otherwise.",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "lastExecutionTime": {
      "description": "Last time when this schedule was triggered.",
      "format": "date-time",
      "readOnly": true,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "retentionPeriodInDays": {
      "default": 30,
      "description": "After how many days backups should be deleted.",
      "format": "int32",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "startTime": {
      "description": "When the schedule should start working.",
      "format": "date-time",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "frequencyInterval",
    "frequencyUnit",
    "keepAtLeastOneBackup",
    "retentionPeriodInDays"
  ]
}